These are manufactured, processed candies full of chemicals.

And I just like went through the ingredients with her.

Even though I knew that there's no way she could comprehend it at that time,

it was just my way of like indoctrinating her and letting her know the truth about the food system

and all these shiny packages you see everywhere and what's actually in them and why we shouldn't eat them.

Because if you don't and we don't, someone else will.

Yes, absolutely. And they'll tell you the reverse of that, which is you have to eat this. It's so

yummy. Look at this beautiful little cartoon character.

Hey, everyone, welcome to the Growth Lab podcast where we uncover the science behind how to grow

yourself, your health, your wealth, and take your career and relationships to the next level.

I am Dr. Josh Axe.

I'm a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.

I'm the founder of ancient nutrition and leaders.com. And on today's episode, we're going to be talking to Vonie Hari, where some of you might know her as the food babe, and talking about how to take your career and your health to the next level.

You know, Vani has been a really good friend of mine for a long time. You know, we have so much in common with both being thought leaders in the House space, but also being entrepreneurs and founders of businesses.

And Vani is a food activist. She's a New York Times best-selling author.

She's the co-founder of an organic food company.

And she was named by time as one of the most influential people on the internet.

And Vani started a company called Food Bave to really help change what's going on with American

food companies that are targeting things like kids.

But she's an incredibly mission-minded entrepreneur, and I'm so excited to talk to her today.

Hey, Vani, welcome the show. Oh, Josh, it is such a fun time to be here with you today because I was

really looking forward to this conversation because I just love you as a human being. When we first met

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